What is your earliest memory, and how can you capture a sense of it? As part of The Family Project, the Family section have asked five contributors to create their first memories. Now we’re asking you to draw or write something that summarises your very early childhood. You don’t need to be “good” at drawing (or writing!). If you prefer, use another technique, like collage.
But the key thing is to get down as much detail as you can. Where were you? Who else was there? What were you doing? Are you remembering images, sounds, smells – or something else? Please also add a note about what it was like to do the exercise – how did it make you feel? - because that’s important too. The editor of the Family section will choose five to run in the paper soon and and also an online gallery.
You can submit your drawings, collages and words via GuardianWitness by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ button on this article. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app or the new Guardian app and search for ‘GuardianWitness assignments’.
If you prefer, you can download a PDF of the actual page from the book and email your earliest memory to guardian.witness@theguardian.com – please put ‘My earliest memory’ in the subject line.
If you’d like a copy of the The Family Project by John-Paul Flintoff and Harriet Green, you can order one through the Guardian bookshop.
